Iraq sets a condition to end Corona threat at the end of May

Iraqi medical workers disinfect a ward at the Hakim Hospital in Najaf on March 25, 2020 during measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. - Iraq imposed a total nationwide lockdown until March 28 to fight the novel coronavirus, as the number of cases grew and the death toll climbed. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)

Iraqi Minister of Health expected on Thursday, to limit the danger of Coronavirus in the country at the end of May, but he stipulated that commitment to social distance and staying home.

“The end of next May is the end of Coronavirus risk if committed to staying home,” Sadiq Jaafar Allawi said at a meeting of the Health Ministers Council for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, through the closed-circuit television dedicated to discussing the response to Corona pandemic.

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday, two death cases and 34 new cases of coronavirus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 728, deaths 52, and recovery cases to 182 cases.